COURSE: TUW-150

SYSTEM: Unisys

This LOUISII training curriculum includes instructional content delivered by a Unicon instructor, hands-on lab exercises, and 40 hours of remote follow up support by the instructor for training reinforcement, advice, and guidance to increase skills retention. Remote support is provided via e-mail, phone, or WebEx sessions.

CLASS: LOUISII Foundation Training

DURATION: Two days of instructor guided training delivered onsite or via the Web

PREREQUISITE: Individuals should have a basic understanding of data processing programming concepts or have programmed in a third-generation (COBOL, C, etc.) and/or fourth-generation (ORACLE, SQL, etc.) language. Students should be familiar with a Unisys text editor and file naming conventions.

OBJECTIVES: Instruct users to effectively use the LOUISII foundation commands for basic extract and reporting. This is accomplished through instruction, lecture, and hands-on lab exercises.

TOPICS:

• Extracting Data
  • Understanding session setting commands and what they affect
  • Creating LOUISII queries
  • Utilizing the different options of the PRINT command
  • Understanding the different save and execution commands
  • Creating extract files
  • Using the various Run commands used for creating extracts
• Reporting and Presentation
  • Entering and using the Report Subsystem
  • Defining the output with various Run commands
  • Applying session settings
  • Adding and manipulating line types
  • Formatting report output

CLASS: LOUISII Skills Development Training

DURATION: Three and one-half days of instructor guided training delivered onsite or via the Web

PREREQUISITE: Students should have completed the LOUISII Foundation Training and should have a basic understanding of data processing programming concepts or have programmed in a third-generation (COBOL, C, etc.) and/or fourth-generation (ORACLE, SQL, etc.) language. Students should be familiar with a Unisys text editor and file naming conventions.

OBJECTIVES: Instruct users to effectively use LOUISII by expanding their skills to apply to varied practical situations. This is accomplished through instruction, lecture, and hands-on lab work. The following topics are discussed and experienced through 22 hands-on labs, and one-half day of custom application development using LOUISII.

TOPICS:

• Topics: Days 1-3
  • Initializing a LOUISII session
    • Understanding LOUISII Master File processing
  • Generating Quick Reference Files
    • Saving, replacing, and deleting Q-Refs
    • Managing libraries and alternate libraries
    • Controlling access to a Q-Ref and its data
  • Customizing Q-Refs
    • Modifying area, record, and field references
    • Combining Q-Refs
    • Defining, removing, and invoking navigation paths
    • Converting output values
  • Specifying Process and Analysis Controls
    • Processing date fields with an implied century
    • Controlling output of owners without members
    • Setting sort environment parameters
    • Setting database read parameters
    • Regulating informational displays
    • Handling errors in batch runstreams
  • Generating multiple output files
    • Defining multiple output files
    • Filtering data for a single report
    • Filtering data for a group of reports
  • Comparing non-keyed record types
    • Matching two files based on a common field value
  • Manipulating summary output
    • Controlling which details to include in accumulation fields
    • Displaying a summary line based on a condition
    • Defining a header for a recap group
• Topics: Day 4
  OBJECTIVES: During this one-half day session the student applies information learned in the foundation and skills development training to create a LOUISII query to accomplish a specific goal at their site. This may include converting an existing program to LOUISII or designing a LOUISII query for a new requirement.
  
  Instructor must have the following at least two weeks before the scheduled date for this session, or series of sessions. (For multiple custom application sessions, please allow one extra week per application.)
  • Contact information for a subject matter expert
    • name, e-mail address, phone number
  • Sample input data
    • as similar to the data type and structure of the actual input data as possible
  • Complete input specifications
    • include all data file or structure information, field input format and position (this is usually accomplished by providing Q-Ref descriptive output, record descriptions from existing programs, or schema/subschema definitions)
  • Complete Processing specifications to include
    • any manipulation that must take place to convert input data to output specifications
    • selection criteria – anything that limits which input records should be processed
    • complete source code if this is a conversion to LOUISII
  • Complete output specifications. Include any required specifications, such as
    • file type(s), key fields
    • data field formatting
    • specific field positions
    • sequence of data
    • sample output
  • Current execution environment (if applicable)
    • frequency of execution
    • length of run – wall clock
    • SUP statistics
    • amount of data